Election day is Tuesday, November 3

What's on the ballot and key dates

On the ballot: U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and proposed constitutional amendments, plus local races in some areas.

Early voting: October 20 to 27 (closed Sunday, October 25), 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Early voting is open now: October 20 to 27 (closed Sunday, October 25), 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Early voting has ended.
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Early voting and absentee ballot requests are now closed.
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On election day, polls are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you are in line when polls close, you can still vote.
Today is election day. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you are in line when polls close, you can still vote.

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Ascension Parish

Local election results for Saturday, October 1, 1994. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

Other elections here: Every election in Ascension Parish
Other parishes: Local results for every parish that day
Parish offices today: Ascension Parish offices and contacts

Parish offices

Council Member, District 9

No one got a majority, so M.J. "Mert" Smiley, Jr. (Democrat) and Jerry P. Savoy (Democrat) went to a runoff.

M.J. "Mert" Smiley, Jr. DemocratIn runoff
28.0% 630 votes
Jerry P. Savoy DemocratIn runoff
26.2% 588 votes
Randy Simpson DemocratDefeated
22.2% 498 votes
Lavern J. Bourgeois DemocratDefeated
14.2% 320 votes
Manuel Delaune DemocratDefeated
9.4% 211 votes

2,247 votes cast.

School board

Member of School Board, District 2

Willard Bourg (Democrat) won with 61.6% of the vote.

Willard Bourg DemocratElected
61.6% 1,033 votes
Vincent J. "Cy" Tortorich DemocratDefeated
38.4% 645 votes

1,678 votes cast.

Member of School Board, District 7, Seat B

Paul J. Ramirez (Democrat) won with 50.5% of the vote.

Paul J. Ramirez DemocratElected
50.5% 1,565 votes
Russ Babin DemocratDefeated
49.5% 1,534 votes

3,099 votes cast.

State Legislature

State Senator, 18th Senatorial District

Louis Lambert (Democrat) won with 54.7% of the vote.

This race covers 5 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In Ascension Parish: Louis Lambert 56.6%, "Jeff" Diez 43.4%.

Louis Lambert DemocratElected
54.7% 19,327 votes
"Jeff" Diez DemocratDefeated
45.3% 16,017 votes

35,344 votes cast; 3.7% of the 2,973 registered voters in the area turned out.

Results by parish

Parish	Louis Lambert	"Jeff" Diez	Turnout
Ascension Parish	56.6%9,068	43.4%6,965
East Baton Rouge Parish	25.9%474	74.1%1,359
Livingston Parish	54.6%3,334	45.4%2,769
St. James Parish	55.0%5,184	45.0%4,247
St. John the Baptist Parish	65.2%1,267	34.8%677